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Labour law deals with the rights and obligations of workers, union members and employers in the workplace.  Generally, labour law covers.

• Industrial relations – certification of unions, labour-management relations, collective bargaining and unfair labour practices
• Workplace health and safety
• Employment standards, including general holidays, annual vacations, working hours, unjust dismissals, minimum wage, layoff procedures and severance pay

Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006

 A labour is defined under the law of Bangladesh in Section 2(65) of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006.

 “Labour” means any person, including a trainee/probationer, whether the terms and conditions of his/her employment are expressly written or not, who is employed directly or through a contractor/agency, for any skilled, unskilled, physical, technical, business development or clerical job  in any establishment or industry, but does not include any person responsible primarily for administrative or managerial duties.

 Note

•  Anyone employed for primarily clerical purpose would come within the definition of 'Labour'. However someone appointed for managerial or administrative post with some clerking job would be outside of the purview of the Labour Act, 2006.

• The Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006  is written in Bangla.